Mercenary
Crossbow, grenades and special ammunition.
RangedStarting attributesStrength11Dexterity11Intelligence7Starting weaponCrossbow
How it plays
The Mercenary shoots a crossbow and swaps ammunition to suit the enemy: cold freezes, fire ignites and lightning chains between targets. Grenades add control, poison clouds and explosions.
Who it is for
Players who like a shooter-like style, want to be effective at range and up close and do not mind managing ammunition types.
Ascendancies
- Tactician
Banners, totems and projectiles that pin enemies.
- Witchhunter
Concentration, Culling Strike and a spell aegis.
- Gemling Legionnaire
Plays with support gems grouped by colour and grants extra gem slots.
Featured skills
- Explosive Grenade
- Permafrost Bolts
- Fragmentation Rounds
- Armour Piercing Rounds
- Rapid Shot
- Galvanic Shards
- Siege Ballista
- Plasma Blast
- Cluster Grenade
Spirit gems
- War Banner
- Defiance Banner
- Dread Banner
- Herald of Thunder
Skill and ascendancy names stay in English, as in the game.
Tips to get started
- Try several ammunition types in the first acts: each is best against a particular kind of enemy group.
- Grenades are great when the group is large and the crossbow alone does not cut it.
- Banners (Spirit) give bonuses to the whole party and are also good solo.